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Technology On the Brain?

In the nineteenth century, a group of British textile artisans known as Luddites protested the Industrial Revolution, which they believed threatened their original – albeit old-fashioned – way of life. In a present protest against rapidly expanding technology, Luddites remain among us although they may be more commonly referred to as laggards, technologically-challenged or confused and stubborn. Continue reading

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Can we be friends? Not now…

According to Inside Facebook and Mashable, Facebook is rolling out yet another change in the upcoming weeks, this time geared at how we process incoming friend requests. The option to “Ignore” is going away and in its place, you’ll be given the option of “Not Now.” Continue reading

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Don’t be a Drama Llama.

Please, please, PLEASE don’t post your personal drama on social platforms. Even if you think you’ve got your profile set to private and are 99.9% sure that only your intended audiences are going to get the message, please…not even then. Continue reading

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CouplesSpark — Relational Disputes Go Communal

CouplesSpark is a social media site that allows couples to post a conflict that they’re struggling to move beyond and put the issue to a vote among the CouplesSpark community. Supposedly, the service allows couples who may not be able to afford relational therapy a way to work out their difficulties, but I wonder at the effectiveness of airing one’s dirty laundry to the public, as it were. Continue reading

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Your Brain on Social Media?

Flashback to 1996, and what do I see? A prepubescent child whose attention is fixated on the AOL guy running across the screen of her family’s computer. A box with too many blinking lights is making a gawd-awful racket that … Continue reading

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